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...tells a story of a marriage that has become sexless and hostile. We learn that William has inherited his business (and his home office) from his father; he has never lived outside these confines. We know from dozens of other movies that each of these characters is destined to bloom. What we can't guess is how the narrative is going to encourage that flowering...
...lovely thing about London theater is that there?s so blooming much of it; a frustrating thing is that many plays bloom briefly, then fade after a limited engagement. Some shows run for ages that shouldn?t: the stodgy ?Blood Brothers? has run for 16 years; and Nunn?s rendition of the Cole Porter musical ?Anything Goes,? which moved successfully from the National to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, looked simultaneously stiff and frantic when I caught it. All right, the good die young. Here are notes on a few plays you can?t see, and I?ll have trouble...
...tourist brochures say you should visit in April or May, when the flowers are in bloom: locals claim there are over 600 varieties of orchid in the forests. (Warning: some are poisonous.) But unless you have a thing for botany, the best time to go is November, when the skies are clear and the views unclouded. Stand on the ridge, face north and turn your face from left to right for a 180? panorama of the Himalayas at their highest. You'll feel small?and get a big thrill...
...several organized treks from Darjeeling, and you can get a bed at the government-owned trekker's bungalow at Sandakphu; for more information contact the Tourist Bureau, tel: (91-354) 225 4050. The tourist brochures say you should visit in April or May, when the flowers are in bloom: locals claim there are over 600 varieties of orchid in the forests. (Warning: some are poisonous.) But unless you have a thing for botany, the best time to go is November, when the skies are clear and the views unclouded. Stand on the ridge, face north and turn your face from...
...offers soldiers clinging to thin green trees, hurling hand-carved, hollow bamboo spears that whistle through the air like artillery shells. Sword fighting is old hat for Zhang Ziyi now, but Kaneshiro plays like he was born to the bow; maybe he's been taking archery lessons from Orlando Bloom. Lau, whose Mandarin had to be dubbed for the film, suffers in an underwritten role, although director Zhang does find the coldness buried in the deepening lines of the veteran pop idol's face...